tony blair

How do you think Tony Blair will be looked on by historians? Personally, he will be thought of as a disaster and as a more polarising figure than Thatcher.

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Tony Blair's sister-in-law converts to Islam Guardian (UK) Isolated aberration, of beginning of a trend? I've said for a while that the last phase of British Islamification will not be demographic, but ruling class conversions.

Should be good. "A debate in Toronto in November will pit former British prime minister Tony Blair against fervently atheist writer Christopher Hitchens in a discussion of religion. The debate, scheduled for Nov. 26, is open to the public and will be streamed online."...

I still don't agree with much of what TB did; but on watching the Andrew Marr interview he doesn't come across as quite as smarmy as before. I used to think he was quite poor at communicating sincerity and general 'trust me'iness. I'm more inclined now to think he did do what he thought was...

Tony's writing his memoirs, and he has to talk about the president who he shared the era with, George W. Bush. His words were carefully chosen, almost like somebody writing a letter of recommendation for someone who they know is inept; "You will be lucky to get him to work for you." Yeah, he...

So, Tony Blair's autobiography "My Journey" is out today. Anybody here going to buy a copy? Or will we wait until it's available in the local library or the nearest PoundShop?

'Soldier's mother wants Tony Blair to answer for Iraq war' Is she "pissing on the grave of her son"? Thread title edited for mildly offensive term. Please remember to keep thread titles, more so than the contents, as inoffensive as possible.

I suspected Tony was a nutjob but this is crazy - equating athesists with terrorists ... :mad: http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/09/the-blair-witch-project-former-prime-minister-warns-of-atheists-among-us/

Thinking back to 1997, I remembered what a remarkable time it was when Blair first became elected, and how excited and enthusiastic people were for New Labour in the months building up. After 18 years of conservative rule, it was a mammoth change in British history. It was back-to-back news...

Of course, they really mean a "new capitalism," but stuff like this is likely to give the NWO IS COMING LOL! crowd more fuel (at least to keep on complaining about it). Sigh. :boggled: Also, enjoy a call for more socialism/government intervention into capitalism and markets: So what would...

No mention of atheists in this brave new World order...maybe cause we're not killing each other. Thanks for nothing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7427809.stm

No mention of atheists in this brave new World order...maybe cause we're not killing each other. Thanks for nothing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7427809.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7284494.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7327623.stm The protective camouflage moults and TB steps into Spring...

I wonder how our UK friends feel now that the your last PM, who swore allegience to the head of the Anglican church, was a closet Catholic?

While I don't think it is a good thing to have a political leader who is also religious - especially not one who asks God if he should send soldiers into battle - I'd rather see a political leader be open and honest about his faith, than be sneaky and deceitful, in order to protect his own...

A White House official, being interviewed by The Telegraph, says... Oh, and shame on The Telegraph for quoting an unnamed source putting out the official message in the first place. I guess they're no more interested in accountability in news reporting than are their American counterparts...

Multi-choice poll for two questions. With all the cries of 'war criminal' (While not technically true), is giving Blair the position of Middle East peace envoy a good idea? Was Blair overall, a good prime minister, or a big roaring letdown. I see, achievements. Labour elected The homeless...

There are claims that Tony Blair hasn't picked up the Congressional Gold Medal because the USA hasn't finished designing it yet. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1706530.ece How difficult can it be to get the words 'For lying to the British people' onto a piece of metal?

A: Gordon Brown? B: Gordon Brown? C: Gordon Brown? D: Gordon Brown? I am being a bit melodramatic, but is anyone thoroughly disgusted by Gordon Brown's rise to power without any word or vote cast on the matter from the British people? Granted, this kind of thing has happened before, but.. it...

The world's longest resignation is almost over, we now have a date for when Tony Blair will resign as Prime Minister, 27th June. (ETA 2007! ;) )

Tony Blair, due to retire next year, has seen his true vocation - comedian! Here is a little from today's Independent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrmIxZrVH-w Just thought I'd lighten up the Politics forum a bit.

Tony Blair - "Cash for peerages" go immediately or stay for a few more months? I'm curious about people's views on this, especially fellow UK citizens. During an interview on the Today programme this morning the interviewer was suggesting that since he was a focus of so much media attention it...

Is England cool or what? Just doing some work at home listening to CNN in the background and heard, "And in the top story. Once again, 10 Downing Street has confirmed that Tony Blair has been taken in for questioning for a second time."(emphasis mine) I try to imagine the posturing and...

Are those the only options? Resign, fire the general, or concede to general's demmands, or the usual planet X option. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410163&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5

This is how I want all my politics presented. "The Americans are here? Must have gotten lost..."

Bush Expletive Overheard At G-8 Just replace the "****" with the letters s, h, i and t. Also, didn't anyone teach him not to speak with his mouth full?

From the BBC - and here's a link to the Sunday Telegraph piece This is very significant (I can't recall any Prime Minister signing a petion before this) and seems to be part of a wider movement against the animal rights terrorists.

This is how the excellent web site www.butterfliesandwheels.com describes this article, from the respectable, moderate Islam paper in Britian, "The Muslim Weekly": http://www.themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=65ED35FE771D342173A1A25D&MENUID=COMMENT&DESCRIPTION=Comments From this...